President Trump seeks to use both monetary policy and trade policy to help the U.S. government reduce the burden of its debt.

Tariff revenues surged dramatically, yet so far, there’s been minimal impact on CPI or core goods inflation. Click here for ...

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee joins WSJ’s Take On the Week to discuss the economy, inflation, tariffs and AI.

With all the crosscurrents, the responsible solution is for policymakers to wait for more evidence, and that’s exactly what ...

The causal pathways by which tariffs could cause a recession seem dormant. Trade policy turmoil is the new normal, and may ...

The case for more aggressive tariffs, exchange rates and monetary policy by Michael Stumo, opinion contributor - 05/31/24 2:30 PM ET ...

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Wednesday that monetary policy is in the right place to allow ...

Monetary policymakers have held off on lower interest rates for months, citing the risk of tariff-induced inflation. Several ...

Monetary Policy Trumps Tariffs. Jan. 03, 2025 3:00 AM ET TBT, ... A sound monetary policy deals with rising prices for some things by forcing the prices of other things to decline.

Will new tariffs affect monetary policy? For now, it’s wait-and-see. Carola Binder, an economist at the University of Texas at Austin, explains why tariffs might cause prices to rise, but they ...

Monetary policy is well-suited for stabilizing these sorts of disruptions. By contrast, a new tariff is a supply shock, an unexpected event affecting the economy’s ability to produce goods and ...

The U.S. central bank would likely have begun cutting interest rates again if not for the levy plan, the Fed chief said.